Re: Sponsored Contributions
| From: | Sherif Ramadan | Date: | Mon, 24 Jun 2013 10:38:39 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Sponsored Contributions | ||
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On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 5:50 AM, Paul Dragoonis <dragoonis@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Someone raised a half joke about if we raised some money via kickstarter
> that after 2 days we would have the funds needed to have someone work on
> this constantly.
>
> It's actually not a bad idea and would be the same thing as the GSoC that
> we run.
>
> We could make it work as long as we are not directly involved in the
> kickstarter campaign but give someone else the green light to raise funds
> and have design/frontend professionals work on it.
>
> We don't have to be involved with it, we're just on the recipient end of
> commits.
>
> What's people's thoughts on this?
>
Sounds like an excellent way to start a scam.
Someone starts a Kickstarter campaign using PHP's name as a cover, collects
the money, and disappears.